Category: China-Russia Specials

The Trump administration’s response to China’s emergence has been to throw all sorts of spanners in the works, but tariffs won’t bring back manufacturing jobs Let’s start with the “long” 16th Century – which, as…

As the world again marked the annual Victory Day against Nazi Germany this week, one thing seems more evident with each passing year – Russia holds the highest honour for celebrating this event. The commemorations…

Your Geopolitical Quiz for the Day: Two countries are embroiled in a ferocious rivalry. One country’s meteoric growth has put it on a path to become the world’s biggest economic superpower while the other country…

Your Geopolitical Quiz for the Day: Two countries are embroiled in a ferocious rivalry. One country’s meteoric growth has put it on a path to become the world’s biggest economic superpower while the other country…

The second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation is about to open in Beijing. It will take place from 25th to 27th April, 2019. The Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to deliver the keynote address. …

The Russian Ministry of Defense issued a stern warning to the U.S. administration over their intent to militarily intervention in Venezuela. Russian Vice Minister of Defense, Colonel General Alexander Femin, said on the sidelines of…

Important events have occurred in the Middle East and North Africa in recent weeks that underline how the overall political reconfiguration of the region is in full swing. The Shia axis continues its diplomatic relations…

Russia Warns Bolton What is the ‘Monroe Doctrine’? In brief, it is a document which defines the entire Western Hemisphere as a ‘backyard’ of the United States. It ‘philosophically’ justifies Washington’s neo-colonialism, and the most…

The simplicities of the postwar order have just begun to pass into history, writes Patrick Lawrence It would be difficult to overstate the importance of Xi Jinping’s visits to Rome, Paris and Monaco last week. In bringing…